鼻子 bí zi nose / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn 窥探 窺探 kuī tàn to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of syn 捂住 摀住 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) syn 笛子 dí zi bamboo flute / CL:管[guan3] syn 长笛 長笛 cháng dí (Western) concert flute 鼻梁 bí liáng bridge of the nose 酒味 jiǔ wèi smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine) 探查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around syn 目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air syn 鼻青脸肿 鼻青臉腫 bí qīng liǎn zhǒng a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered 机头 機頭 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features 鼻尖 bí jiān tip of the nose 傲视 傲視 ào shì to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously syn 鼻头 鼻頭 bí tou (dialect) nose syn 鼻翼 bí yì the wing of the nose / ala nasi 因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk syn 小动作 小動作 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship syn 流鼻血 liú bí xiě to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused 鼻塞 bí sè a blocked nose 流鼻涕 liú bí tì to have a runny nose 葫芦丝 葫蘆絲 hú lú sī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) 鼻咽癌 bí yān ái cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) 鼻咽 bí yān nose and throat 鼻毛 bí máo nose hair 巴乌 巴烏 bā wū bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan 鼻 bí nose syn 嗅 xiù to smell / to sniff / to nose syn 笛 dí flute syn 呛 嗆 qiàng to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb syn 捂 wǔ to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict syn 擤 xǐng to blow (one's nose) syn 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose syn 鹰钩鼻 鷹鉤鼻 yīng gōu bí aquiline nose / Roman nose 酒糟鼻 jiǔ zāo bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose syn 鼻涕虫 鼻涕蟲 bí tì chóng a slug / sb with a runny nose 羌笛 qiāng dí Qiang flute 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 酒渣鼻 jiǔ zhā bí rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose syn 篪 chí bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes 衄 nǜ to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated syn 劓 yì cut off the nose 龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute 籥 yuè flute / key 篴 dí flute 頞 è junction of nose and forehead 齆 wèng stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice) 抹一鼻子灰 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff 横吹 橫吹 héng chuī military wind and percussion music played on horseback under the Han / transverse flute / to play such a flute 大红鼻子 大紅鼻子 dà hóng bí zi rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose 鼻钉 鼻釘 bí dīng nose stud / nose piercing 鼻头 鼻頭 bí tóu tip of the nose / (dialect) nose syn 箎 chí bamboo flute with 8 holes 笙箫 笙簫 shēng xiāo reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute 管龠 guǎn yuè flute / pipe / key / CL:把[ba3] 龡 chuì to blow (a flute) / archaic version of 吹 尺八 chǐ bā shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) 笛膜 dí mó membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone 鼻针疗法 鼻針療法 bí zhēn liáo fǎ nose-acupuncture therapy 鼽 qiú congested nose 齉 nàng stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice) 齈 nóng cold in the head catarrh of the nose 前鼻音 qián bí yīn alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge 口鼻 kǒu bí mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout 后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate 凭本能做事 憑本能做事 píng běn néng zuò shì to follow one's nose 挖鼻子 wā bí zi to pick one's nose 擤鼻涕 xǐng bí tì to blow one's nose 牵着鼻子走 牽著鼻子走 qiān zhe bí zi zǒu to lead by the nose 犁骨 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils) 碰一鼻子灰 pèng yī bí zi huī lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff 耳鼻咽喉 ěr bí yān hóu ear nose and throat / otolaryngology 舔屁股 tiǎn pì gu to kiss sb's ass / to brown-nose 整流罩 zhěng liú zhào nose cone 机头锥 機頭錐 nose cone 插脚 插腳 chā jiǎo to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent syn 鼻酸 bí suān to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up 眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment 住海边 住海邊 zhù hǎi biān (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista) 准头 準頭 zhǔn tóu (physiognomy) the tip of the nose syn 鼻环 鼻環 bí huán nose ring 鼻孔朝天 bí kǒng - cháo tiān lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant / haughty 山根 shān gēn foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes) syn 